Riverdale (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Chapter Eight: The Outsiders - full transcript
Archie and his friends pitch in to help Fred, but when one of them is attacked, they come up with a plan that lands them in Southside Serpent territory.
Previously on Riverdale...
You only have enough in the bank to cover three more weeks of payroll.
I'm waiting to hear on this huge bid.
That new development where the old drive-in used to be?
I kissed Fred Andrews.
The other thing. It involves you forging my signature
to get Fred Andrews that stupid contract to build on Dad's land.
You hated Jason, and now Polly is pregnant with his baby.
Of course you can stay. Anything for Alice Cooper's daughters.
- So where are you gonna live now? - I'll figure it out, Dad.
He was stealing from the company and selling stuff on the side.
When someone is drowning,
you can try to save them, but not if they're gonna drag you down with them.
The Coopers.
The Stepfords of Riverdale.
High school sweethearts who got married
and had two beautiful daughters, Polly and Betty...
Until Jason Blossom happened.
And now, we would hear from the person who was closest to him those days
leading up to his disappearance...
Polly Cooper.
How a casual conversation turned into an epic, forbidden romance.
How, for reasons still murky, their
respective parents tried to tear them apart.
How their break-up was short-lived,
because Polly soon learned she was pregnant with Jason's baby.
How they became secretly engaged
with his grandmother's blessing and her heirloom ring,
and made plans to run away together,
to start a new life.
And how their dreams of escape went up in flames.
That was the last day you saw him?
At Pop's, when he told me the plan,
that he was gonna fake his own death,
and then we would meet up.
But, before that could happen, my mom and dad sent me away.
One of Jason's teammates said that before he ran away,
Jason was dealing drugs.
Making a one-time delivery.
He needed... We needed money.
To get away and to start over.
So Riverdale's star football player becomes a drug mule?
He went to a bar on the other side of the tracks
and made a deal with some biker gang.
The Serpents?
He got an address upstate,
where he was supposed to deliver the drugs in exchange for cash.
The drugs you found in Jason's car...
- Yeah. - ...that went up in flames.
Along with everything I had left of Jason,
including the ring his nana gave me,
which he was keeping until...
Okay, Sheriff, I think that's enough for tonight.
I think Polly needs her rest.
I'll be in touch, ladies.
- I'll show you out. - Thank you.
We're gonna get you through this, okay?
- Gotta stop blowing me up. - You're going the wrong way.
You're going the... What are you doing?
Come on.
You're the one who keeps accidentally killing me.
War is hell, Jug.
No, Archie, hell is other people.
Hey, guys, getting pretty late...
And... Whoa! It's kinda ripe in here.
Does someone wanna open a window?
I got it.
- You settling in, Jug? - Oh, completely.
It's like Archie and I are just roommates in a college dorm.
Oh, great. What does that make me, the RA?
No, you're the third roommate.
All right, guys. I got a big day tomorrow.
Yeah, breaking ground on the SoDale project, right?
Yeah. Indeed, we are.
Sorry, 'cause I know it's kind of a sore spot with you, Jughead,
about the drive-in.
As long as you build something beautiful in its place.
Well, I don't know about beautiful, but it's gonna be big.
- Night, guys. - Night, Dad.
♪ Talking television at the... ♪
Polly's convinced herself that no one wants her baby.
Besides, of course, the child-snatching Blossom monsters.
- No offense, Cheryl. - None taken.
So your mom and dad want Polly but not the baby,
and the Blossoms want the baby and not Polly.
That's a true Gordian knot.
It's an impossible situation.
Betty, come on.
An impossible situation is being invited
to both the Vanity Flair Oscar party
and Elton John's Oscar party on the same night.
Which happened to me one year, I know.
This is merely an annoying situation.
But luckily, I've been percolating on an idea,
hellishly simple in its conception.
What if my mom and I were to host a baby shower?
Count me in.
You want Polly to feel loved and supported, right?
Yeah, but ideally by her own parents.
Okay, so, baby steps, girl.
Get Polly and your parents in the same room
in a public setting where they can't fight,
and, voila, let the healing begin.
Am I expected to come to this thing?
Of course!
You're Betty's boyfriend, so...
Oh, my God, you guys, relax.
It's just a word that starts with the letter "B."
Betty, what do you say?
Elizabeth Cooper.
Mom?
I need you and you.
Right now.
Hey, Vic, I was just getting ready to come out and walk you through the day.
Hate to do this to you, Fred, but, um... I gotta pull my crew.
Before we've even started? What happened?
Cliff Blossom reached out.
Says he's got a big job coming up.
Says he needs us free and available.
Blossom's willing to guarantee us two years' work, starting now.
Can't ask my guys to turn down that kind of money.
No, Vic, I can't.
Sorry, Fred.
Sheriff Keller told us everything.
How you're hiding Polly at the Pembrooke?
Better than in an insane asylum.
Actually, Mrs. Cooper, that's on me.
I was the one who suggested that Polly stay with us.
She's trying to help.
Unlike you and Dad, who want Polly to give the baby up for adoption.
Betty, it's what's best for Polly and the baby.
Mom, that's not your choice.
Your choice is whether or not you want to be a part of Polly's life.
Veronica and her mom have offered to host a baby shower.
Well, that is hardly appropriate!
Really?
Because I think it's an amazing idea.
You want to be loving and supportive like a normal grandmother?
Then, great.
Otherwise, stay away.
Don, I just need a few guys from your crew.
A couple to get me started.
I did check. I'll get back to you, Don.
What was that about?
It's all good.
How was your date with Val?
It was good. I got you some slices.
Did something happen at work?
Cliff Blossom made my crew an offer they couldn't refuse so they walked.
Every last one of 'em.
Screw em, then.
Anyone who'd rather work for Clifford Blossom than you is crazy, Dad.
Dad?
What is it?
You always make me talk to you about my problems.
The business... It's in trouble, Archie.
Has been for a long time.
Big jobs are just few and far between.
That's why this SoDale thing is so important to me.
I can't break ground without a crew,
so every day I'm just hemorrhaging cash.
We've got equipment sitting there, supplies, bills that are past due.
Dad, why didn't you tell me? I had no idea.
It was never supposed to get this bad.
You work your ass off to build something,
and in one false step you could lose everything.
No, Dad, you're not losing anything.
We'll figure this out.
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You only have enough in the bank to cover three more weeks of payroll.
I'm waiting to hear on this huge bid.
That new development where the old drive-in used to be?
I kissed Fred Andrews.
The other thing. It involves you forging my signature
to get Fred Andrews that stupid contract to build on Dad's land.
You hated Jason, and now Polly is pregnant with his baby.
Of course you can stay. Anything for Alice Cooper's daughters.
- So where are you gonna live now? - I'll figure it out, Dad.
He was stealing from the company and selling stuff on the side.
When someone is drowning,
you can try to save them, but not if they're gonna drag you down with them.
The Coopers.
The Stepfords of Riverdale.
High school sweethearts who got married
and had two beautiful daughters, Polly and Betty...
Until Jason Blossom happened.
And now, we would hear from the person who was closest to him those days
leading up to his disappearance...
Polly Cooper.
How a casual conversation turned into an epic, forbidden romance.
How, for reasons still murky, their
respective parents tried to tear them apart.
How their break-up was short-lived,
because Polly soon learned she was pregnant with Jason's baby.
How they became secretly engaged
with his grandmother's blessing and her heirloom ring,
and made plans to run away together,
to start a new life.
And how their dreams of escape went up in flames.
That was the last day you saw him?
At Pop's, when he told me the plan,
that he was gonna fake his own death,
and then we would meet up.
But, before that could happen, my mom and dad sent me away.
One of Jason's teammates said that before he ran away,
Jason was dealing drugs.
Making a one-time delivery.
He needed... We needed money.
To get away and to start over.
So Riverdale's star football player becomes a drug mule?
He went to a bar on the other side of the tracks
and made a deal with some biker gang.
The Serpents?
He got an address upstate,
where he was supposed to deliver the drugs in exchange for cash.
The drugs you found in Jason's car...
- Yeah. - ...that went up in flames.
Along with everything I had left of Jason,
including the ring his nana gave me,
which he was keeping until...
Okay, Sheriff, I think that's enough for tonight.
I think Polly needs her rest.
I'll be in touch, ladies.
- I'll show you out. - Thank you.
We're gonna get you through this, okay?
- Gotta stop blowing me up. - You're going the wrong way.
You're going the... What are you doing?
Come on.
You're the one who keeps accidentally killing me.
War is hell, Jug.
No, Archie, hell is other people.
Hey, guys, getting pretty late...
And... Whoa! It's kinda ripe in here.
Does someone wanna open a window?
I got it.
- You settling in, Jug? - Oh, completely.
It's like Archie and I are just roommates in a college dorm.
Oh, great. What does that make me, the RA?
No, you're the third roommate.
All right, guys. I got a big day tomorrow.
Yeah, breaking ground on the SoDale project, right?
Yeah. Indeed, we are.
Sorry, 'cause I know it's kind of a sore spot with you, Jughead,
about the drive-in.
As long as you build something beautiful in its place.
Well, I don't know about beautiful, but it's gonna be big.
- Night, guys. - Night, Dad.
♪ Talking television at the... ♪
Polly's convinced herself that no one wants her baby.
Besides, of course, the child-snatching Blossom monsters.
- No offense, Cheryl. - None taken.
So your mom and dad want Polly but not the baby,
and the Blossoms want the baby and not Polly.
That's a true Gordian knot.
It's an impossible situation.
Betty, come on.
An impossible situation is being invited
to both the Vanity Flair Oscar party
and Elton John's Oscar party on the same night.
Which happened to me one year, I know.
This is merely an annoying situation.
But luckily, I've been percolating on an idea,
hellishly simple in its conception.
What if my mom and I were to host a baby shower?
Count me in.
You want Polly to feel loved and supported, right?
Yeah, but ideally by her own parents.
Okay, so, baby steps, girl.
Get Polly and your parents in the same room
in a public setting where they can't fight,
and, voila, let the healing begin.
Am I expected to come to this thing?
Of course!
You're Betty's boyfriend, so...
Oh, my God, you guys, relax.
It's just a word that starts with the letter "B."
Betty, what do you say?
Elizabeth Cooper.
Mom?
I need you and you.
Right now.
Hey, Vic, I was just getting ready to come out and walk you through the day.
Hate to do this to you, Fred, but, um... I gotta pull my crew.
Before we've even started? What happened?
Cliff Blossom reached out.
Says he's got a big job coming up.
Says he needs us free and available.
Blossom's willing to guarantee us two years' work, starting now.
Can't ask my guys to turn down that kind of money.
No, Vic, I can't.
Sorry, Fred.
Sheriff Keller told us everything.
How you're hiding Polly at the Pembrooke?
Better than in an insane asylum.
Actually, Mrs. Cooper, that's on me.
I was the one who suggested that Polly stay with us.
She's trying to help.
Unlike you and Dad, who want Polly to give the baby up for adoption.
Betty, it's what's best for Polly and the baby.
Mom, that's not your choice.
Your choice is whether or not you want to be a part of Polly's life.
Veronica and her mom have offered to host a baby shower.
Well, that is hardly appropriate!
Really?
Because I think it's an amazing idea.
You want to be loving and supportive like a normal grandmother?
Then, great.
Otherwise, stay away.
Don, I just need a few guys from your crew.
A couple to get me started.
I did check. I'll get back to you, Don.
What was that about?
It's all good.
How was your date with Val?
It was good. I got you some slices.
Did something happen at work?
Cliff Blossom made my crew an offer they couldn't refuse so they walked.
Every last one of 'em.
Screw em, then.
Anyone who'd rather work for Clifford Blossom than you is crazy, Dad.
Dad?
What is it?
You always make me talk to you about my problems.
The business... It's in trouble, Archie.
Has been for a long time.
Big jobs are just few and far between.
That's why this SoDale thing is so important to me.
I can't break ground without a crew,
so every day I'm just hemorrhaging cash.
We've got equipment sitting there, supplies, bills that are past due.
Dad, why didn't you tell me? I had no idea.
It was never supposed to get this bad.
You work your ass off to build something,
and in one false step you could lose everything.
No, Dad, you're not losing anything.
We'll figure this out.
- Synced and corrected by VitoSilans - - WEB-DL reynced by lonewolf - --